Vehicle-dasher



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V VEHICLE DASHER.

No. 534,944. Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

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UNITED SrA'irEs SAMUEL R. BAILEY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHlCLE-DASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,944, dated February26, 1 895.

Application filed March 31 1893- Serial No. 4681433. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. BAILEY, of Amesbury, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vehicle-Dashers, which will, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described, and specificallydefined in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1, is a rear elevation of a dasher of myimproved construction. Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the same dasher,shown as painted and finished. Fig. 3, is a perspective view showing theright hand lower portion of the dasher, the corner pillar of the body,portions of the body panels and the means for securing the dasher to thebody. Fig. 4, is a vertical section through the securing bolt that holdsthe dasher in place. Fig. 5, is a horizontal section on line 012 Fig.3.:

This invention relates to composite dashers; that is, dashersconstructed of wood and metal, so combined as to almost exactly resembleleather covered dashers, except that these are and remain perfectlytrue, while those covered with leather curve and warp inside the ironframe, and soon become unsightly and deformed, besides which, thosecovered with leather rapidly lose their luster and become old lookingand rusty, while my dashers are perfectly renovated by paint and varnishwhenever the carriage is painted or varnished, and they always remaintrue and correct looking in all respects.

Referring again to said drawings; A, represents the sheet of wood whichconstitutes the body of my dasher; which may be of white wood, whichconstitutes a good example. Upon board A, I secure the longitudinalpieces of semi-oval iron at, b, c and d, which are secured to the dasherby rivets that pass through all three parts as shown in Fig. 4.. I alsosecure to the dasher the up and down semi-oval bars of metal 6, e and f,upon its rear side and the like bars g, g and h upon its front side;said bars being secured by riveting through the wood A, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4:.

In each of the two lower corners of the dasher, I insert the angle iron7;, which is of the same thickness as A, and which constitutes thecorner of the dasher; its lower arm being wider than its vertical arm inorder that it may extend from the dasher edge up under the irons b andd, so as to be riveted by the rivets that secure said irons in place.Upon iron 2' is formed a homogeneous hollow boss V screw threaded in itsinterior, which receives the screw bolt j, the head of which bearsagainst iron Z, secured to corner pillar 7s, as-shown in Figs. 4 and 5.In the body beneath iron 2' are inserted screws to to be so adjusted, inor out, as to give the dasher the proper vertical set upon the body. Aniron m, like irons b and d, is preferably secured to board A, below irond, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. A metal rail 77., having downturnedends 19, and a central standard q, is formed with broadened ends of thesame thickness as board A, and is riveted between irons a, c and e, g,as shown in Fig. 1. The hand openings 25, are arranged between the ironse, g and the irons u. Thus the irons z' furnish full protection andimmunity to the lower corners of the dasher against abrasions andfractures, to which dashers are exposed; and the upper corners, whichare even'rnore exposed than the lower ones, are protected by theinsertion of the ends 19 of rail or; the end of part 19 being equal tothe width of irons a and e,- and if rail n is in any case omitted theprotecting piece of metal at the corner of the dasher is inserted toshield the wood at those points, where it is more exposed than at anyother part.

A dasher constructed according to my method will outlast several dashersformed with an iron frame covered with leather, as my dasher has in factthe frame outside its seeming covering and greatly protects the same,while the projection of part A slightly beyond the outer irons gives itthe appearance of being leather covered.

It will be obvious that when fitted up and fully prepared to make thesedashers it can be done at less cost than a leather dasher, which isinferior in both appearance and durability; and they can be made toendure severe usage without injury to them. At all the points ofintersection the longitudinal and transverse irons are mitered togetherto form a strong and neat joint between them.

I claim as my invention 1. A dasher formed with a body A of wood, theoval metal pieces a c e and g mitered together at their intersectionsand riveted tonether on opposite sides ofsaid wood body, which latterprojects a limited distance beyond said irons; and the protecting metalinserted at the corners of the body; all substantially as specified.

2. In a dasher formed with body A, and a metal reinforce as specified,the iron 2 of the same thickness as body A, and inserted and secured inthe bottom corners of the dasher and formed with a hollow boss toreceive the securing bolt j, substantially as specified.

3. In a dasher formed with a wood body and the mitered reinforcing"irons a, c, e and g, arranged near the border of said body, the top railn formed with broadened and flattened r 5 feet to be inserted in saidbody beneath said reinforcing irons, substantially as specified.

4. A dasher formed with wood body A,- the mitered irons a, c, e and g,arranged close to but inside the border or edge of said body, and theirons 2' with the hollow bosses to receive bolts j and top rail 41, allsubstantially as specified.

SAMUEL R. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

T. W. PORTER, L. W. HOWES.

